Another story is that kids going to get the pail filled often hitched a ride on the back of a passing carriage. Supposedly, the carriage made a growling sound. Also, the buckets were supposedly often coated with butter to prevent the beer from forming a head, since they were charged by the pail.

The theory I heard is of two bird hunters talking about beer. One suggests having his son fetch it for him, but the other hunter replies that he'd probably not be able to get the beer away from his son. "Oh, he a growler, eh? "

There's pointers and setters and retrievers. A retriever that refuses to let you have the bird is a growler.

Or it is the sound the foreman makes, when he discovers you drank a bucket of beer for lunch.

I have always thought it amazing when I hear how much people purportedly drank back in the day. This explains, for example, why so many people died during various construction projects. Can you imagine drinking even a small bucket of beer and then resuming work on the Empire State Building?

Or it is the sound the foreman makes, when he discovers you drank a bucket of beer for lunch.

I have always thought it amazing when I hear how much people purportedly drank back in the day. This explains, for example, why so many people died during various construction projects. Can you imagine drinking even a small bucket of beer and then resuming work on the Empire State Building?

I would have to drink a very large bucket of beer just to consider getting up there.